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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 612
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| 47YOM CUT R INDEX FINGER ON A POWER SANDER DX- LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| 37YOM PARTIAL THICKNESS SKIN AVULSION TO FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT SANDER AND GUARD WHILE USING SANDER AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| WAS USING BELT SANDER AND GOT DUST IN EYES DX: CORNEAL AB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| CUT FINGER ON POWER SANDER DX: THUMB LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT CAUGHT FINGER IN BELT SANDER. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC, OPEN FX, DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders |
| LACERATION FINGER - 47 YO MALE REPORTS HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGH T IN A BELT SANDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS POWER SANDING THE STEERING WHEEL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IN A CUSTOM CHOP JOB AND GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| HAND INJURY FROM TISSUE AVULSION FROM FRONT RIGHT HAND 1 1/2 WEEKS AGO FROM BELT SANDER. DX-RIGHT HAND AVULSION LACERATION, CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS AT HOME LAYING UNDERNEATH HIS BOAT POWER SANDING THE BOTTOM AND STRAINED CHEST MUSCLES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2009 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT'S FINGER WAS CAUGHT ON BELT SANDER. DX: L INDEX AVULSION 1 CM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Power sanders |
| PT WAS POWER SANDING A *** BOAT AND DEVELOPED A RASH ALL OVER FACE CONT ACT DERMATITIS FROM THE *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Power sanders, Footwear |
| LAC TO TOE, PT WAS WORKING AT HOME WITH A FLOOR SANDER WITH SHOES ON WH EN SANDER RAN OVER FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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